ROBBED BY RELIGION (5 OF 8)
by Joey Rodgers
Scripture: Galatians 1:3-9
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Robbed by Religion (5 of 8)
Series: The Great Escape
Joey Rodgers
Galatians 1:3-9
Has God ever taken you for a spin? Has He ever turned your life right-side up? 26 yrs ago I found myself in a strange/frustrating place. I was in seminary serving at in college ministry in N.M. - but my heart wasn't in it. I was struggling. I was at a place in my faith journey where I was questioning if God had called me into the ministry. Why? B/c I was running on fumes. I was doing everything I thought a ''good'' should be doing, but I was empty - I had no joy! Then I was asked to speak on the topic of joy at Student Week at Glorieta. Shamefully, B/c I was a poor seminary student, I took the gig, but boy how I felt like a hypocrite...
If you're just joining us, we're in a series entitled, The Great Escape. In this series, we've been looking at the things that have the ability to take us hostage and steal our intimacy w/ God. We've already looked at things as anxiety, anger, ambition, appearance, and poor relationship. This AM, I want to look at another item which has the ability to take us hostage - our religion.
If you know me at all, you know this is a major issue for me. In fact, this is the great convictions of my heart - people whose lives have been robbed by religion. Such is my story - I lost Jesus at church!
The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there. Havner
This is my story. I was born into a nice, moral, semi- religious family who attended church 6-8 times a year. I was taught good boys went to heaven and bad boys were sent to hell. So, when I came to Christ at the age 12, the man who discipled me did a great job of teaching me how to follow Jesus intimately. But then something happened... I sensed God's call into the ministry, so I stepped away from Carl and began learning how to do church. What I didn't realize was going to church and serving God thru the church doesn't guarantee intimate followship o ...
Series: The Great Escape
Joey Rodgers
Galatians 1:3-9
Has God ever taken you for a spin? Has He ever turned your life right-side up? 26 yrs ago I found myself in a strange/frustrating place. I was in seminary serving at in college ministry in N.M. - but my heart wasn't in it. I was struggling. I was at a place in my faith journey where I was questioning if God had called me into the ministry. Why? B/c I was running on fumes. I was doing everything I thought a ''good'' should be doing, but I was empty - I had no joy! Then I was asked to speak on the topic of joy at Student Week at Glorieta. Shamefully, B/c I was a poor seminary student, I took the gig, but boy how I felt like a hypocrite...
If you're just joining us, we're in a series entitled, The Great Escape. In this series, we've been looking at the things that have the ability to take us hostage and steal our intimacy w/ God. We've already looked at things as anxiety, anger, ambition, appearance, and poor relationship. This AM, I want to look at another item which has the ability to take us hostage - our religion.
If you know me at all, you know this is a major issue for me. In fact, this is the great convictions of my heart - people whose lives have been robbed by religion. Such is my story - I lost Jesus at church!
The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there. Havner
This is my story. I was born into a nice, moral, semi- religious family who attended church 6-8 times a year. I was taught good boys went to heaven and bad boys were sent to hell. So, when I came to Christ at the age 12, the man who discipled me did a great job of teaching me how to follow Jesus intimately. But then something happened... I sensed God's call into the ministry, so I stepped away from Carl and began learning how to do church. What I didn't realize was going to church and serving God thru the church doesn't guarantee intimate followship o ...
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